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• Posted in thread: First lager: pitching rate seems insane?! on 12-23-2011 at 05:16 PM
  Here is my "underpitched" pilsner.... One smack pack and pint sized starter the night before
  pitching.... in a twelve gallon batch..yup that yeast just could not handle it.... And it
  tastes so horribl...

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• Posted in thread: First lager: pitching rate seems insane?! on 12-23-2011 at 05:07 PM
  I've never made a good Lager when underpitching. you are screwing something else up then....
  making more reasonable sized starters so you admit you don't follow Mr. Malty exactly each
  time?

• Posted in thread: First lager: pitching rate seems insane?! on 12-23-2011 at 03:55 PM
  you're advocating poor brewing practices. that's not why we come to this board.No. I am
  advocating practical and cost effective brewing practices. You can purchase 8 vials of yeast at
  $6-$8 each or ma...

• Posted in thread: First lager: pitching rate seems insane?! on 12-23-2011 at 03:04 AM
  In just under the wire to be considered for worst post of 2011. What a maroon.Meanwhile, back
  here on planet Reality, a good way for new lager brewers, or those who don't have the ability
  to make huge...

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• Posted in thread: First lager: pitching rate seems insane?! on 12-22-2011 at 11:55 PM
  See all the the threads titled "72 hours, no activity, help!" and the like? More than likely,
  they were underpitched lagers. The two best things you can do for your lagers, assuming
  temperature contro...

• Posted in thread: First lager: pitching rate seems insane?! on 12-22-2011 at 11:44 PM
  I'd love to see you tell the guys around here with hemocytomers that its impossible to pitch
  the right amount of yeast. And while that may be unreasonable for most homebrewers, its most
  certainly poss...

• Posted in thread: First lager: pitching rate seems insane?! on 12-22-2011 at 10:21 PM
  I have never put faith in those calculators for homebrewing purposes. With such low volumes of
  beer it is impossible to pitch "the correct" amount of yeast.Make a starter from a vial or
  smack pack the...

• Posted in thread: New RIMS system teardown on 12-22-2011 at 07:09 PM
  I can see how you would read it that way.... although, the wider kettles may be more efficient
  to heat--with direct gas fired anyway. The flame is heating a larger surface area on a wider
  kettle (the ...